rare carl auböck box
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Munich, DE
rare piece from the carl auböck workshop.
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Carl Aubock Box
wondeful carl auböck peau porc box
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Munich, DE
wondeful wooden carl auböck box covered with peau porc.
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Nickel
rare carl auböck jalousie box
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Munich, DE
rare carl auböck jalousie box. made for cigarettes, but can be used for anything.... very nice mid-century item.
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Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
carl auböck leather and chrome box.
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Munich, DE
rare box by carl auböck. signed inside with persil.
Category
Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Chrome
very rare double box by carl auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Munich, DE
another very rare piece from the auböck workshop.
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Cigarette Box by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Hronská Breznica, Banskobystrický kraj
Brass and wooden cigarette box, designed by Carl Auböck, shows a beautiful guilloche top surface.
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Brass
Fine Cherry Wood Art Deco Box Carl Auböck, 1930s
$1,226Sale Price|20% Off
Fine Cherry Wood Art Deco Box Carl Auböck, 1930s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Nice, well preserved Art Deco box made of cherry wood. By Carl Auböck, 1930s.
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Copper
Carl Aubock Round Leather Storage Box with Lid, Vienna, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and elegant round lidded storage box, vintage from the 1950s, designed and handcrafted by Werkstätte Carl Auböck in Vienna/Austria.
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
1930s Carl Aubock I Roll Top Storage Box, Cigarette Dispenser, Walnut, Vienna
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A storage box with a roll-down lid from the 1930s. This is an early design by Carl Auböck I, handcrafted by the Werkstätte Auböck workshop in Vienna, Austria.
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Moustache grooming Set in original Wooden Box by Werkstätte Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
Vintage moustache grooming set in original wooden box labeled “Brosse à Moustache.” Includes a small horn comb and matching brush with natural bristles and horn handle. Light wear co...
Category
Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Horn, Wood
Moustache grooming Set in original Wooden Box by Werkstätte Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
Vintage moustache grooming set in original wooden box labeled “Brosse à Moustache.” Includes a small horn comb and matching brush with natural bristles and horn handle. Light wear co...
Category
Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Horn
Exquisite Austrian Cigarette and Cigar Box in the Style of Carl Aubock
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Hand-crafted Ostrich-leather box for cigarettes and, by removing the inner wood wall, cigars. The leather on the top and the front is beautifully ribbed. The sides and the handle to...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Box made of Wood, Brass and Cork by Werkstätte Carl Auböck Austria, 1960s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
Small box by Werkstätten Carl Auböck with curved wooden lid and brass body, lined with cork inside.
Category
Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
1930s Carl Aubock Large Art Deco Jewelry Storage Cigarette Box, Roll Top, Vienna
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
This is an early design by Carl Auböck I, crafted in the 1930s by Werkstätten Auböck in Vienna, Austria.
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Nickel
1930s Carl Aubock Large Art Deco Jewelry Storage Cigarette Box, Roll Top, Vienna
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
This is an early design by Carl Auböck I, crafted in the 1930s by Werkstätten Auböck in Vienna, Austria.
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Carl Auböck Chrome Box with Leather Lid, 1930s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A refined early piece from the Carl Auböck workshop, dating to the 1930s. This chrome-plated box features clean, modernist lines contrasted by a hand-stitched leather lid — a hallmar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Bauhaus Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Chrome
20th Century Carl Auböck Nutwood Humidor
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Carl Auböck Humidor, Austria 1950s
Category
20th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Nutwood
Carl Aubock Brass Cigar Snuffer #4117
$192Sale Price / item|20% Off
Carl Aubock Brass Cigar Snuffer #4117
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock brass cigar snuffer #4117. Produced by Carl Auböck IV in the original Auböck workshop in Vienna, Austria using the same standards, high-quality materials, molds and techn...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes an...
Materials
Brass
Rare Mid-Century Leather, Oak Wood and Aluminum Cigarette Box by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
This beautiful vintage box, realized by renowned Austrian designer Carl Auböck, is a rare Mid-Century piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Aluminum
Rare Mid-Century Modern Teak Cork & Brass Box by Carl Auböck Austria 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in München, BY
Extremely rare and elegant Mid-Century Modern cigar or cigarette box by Carl Auböck, Vienna, Austria, 1950s. Executed in teak wood, cork and polished brass.
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Brass
Carl Aubock Style Brass Pipe Holder, Italy 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Naples, IT
Solid brass pipe holder from the 1950s designed in the style of Carl Aubock , a delightful and sought-after collector's item.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Brass
Knife with Cane-Wrapped Handle by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria, 1960s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
Kitchen knife by Werkstätten Carl Auböck with stainless steel blade and wrapped cane handle. The long, gently tapered blade contrasts with the warm, ribbed grip, creating the charac...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Knife Boxes
Materials
Metal
Set of Six Horn and Nutwood Fruit Knives by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
For sale is a set of five fruit knives with a round display block. The block is made from nutwood and cork. The knives are made from stainless steel and the handles are made from bea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Knife Boxes
Materials
Stainless Steel
Knife with Curved Horn Handle by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, 1960s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
Knife with polished steel blade and naturally curved horn handle. The grip follows the organic shape of the horn, creating a comfortable hold while giving the knife a strong sculptu...
Category
Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Knife Boxes
Materials
Steel
Brass Desk Paperweight in original wooden Box, byWerkstätte Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
Brass desk paperweight by Werkstätten Carl Auböck, preserved in its original wooden presentation box printed “la plume de ma tante.”
Category
Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Brass
Austrian Midcentury Walnut and Brass Fish Shaped Money Box by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
This Charming and rare fish shaped money box was designed and manufactured by the Austrian architect and designer Carl Auböck.
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Fondue Forks Set in Original Box by Werkstätte Carl Auböck Mid Century
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
Set of four fondue forks by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, stainless steel with riveted wooden handles, preserved in the original cardboard box.
Category
Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Steel
1960s Carl Aubock Werkstatte #5606 Nickel Chess Set in Box Vintage Midcentury
$3,200Sale Price|20% Off
1960s Carl Aubock Werkstatte #5606 Nickel Chess Set in Box Vintage Midcentury
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Carl Aubock III chess set Austria, 1968 Beech, stained beech, nickel-plated steel, enameled steel Box W 18 x D 6 x H 1 5/8 in.
Category
Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Nickel
Vintage Cigarette Box Red Polkadot Art Deco Werkstatte Argentor Vienna Austria
$796Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Cigarette Box Red Polkadot Art Deco Werkstatte Argentor Vienna Austria
By Bauhaus, Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Stamped into coin shaped feet, 273 and, Made in Austria. Chips to paint, tarnish to brass, oxidation to lid surface. Functioning properly. W 4 x D 3 x H 1.5 in.
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Metal
Rare Mid-Century Modern Cane-Wrapped Walnut Brass Cigarette Box Carl Auböck II
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A superb example of Mid-Century Austrian design, this iconic Cigarette Box (Model #3656) was designed by Carl Auböck II in the 1950s and handcrafted at the renowned Werkstätte Auböck...
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Rare Walter Bosse Lidded Brass Box w. Zebra Pattern. Austria, 1950s.
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller, Richard Rohac, Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Malmö, SE
Rare lidded box in solid brass. Designed and made by Walter Bosse in Vienna, Austria, 1950s. Great original condition, with amazing patina. Born in 1904 to academic painter parent...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Auböck Cigarette Box, Ash Wood and Nickel Plated Brass, 1930s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Aubock cigarette box, made of ash wood and nickel plated brass, openable from both sides.
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Wooden Cocktail Box With Glass Cocktail Shakers
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Beautiful and functional cocktail box with leather decorations.
Category
20th Century Austrian Barware
Materials
Leather, Glass, Wood
Unused Boxed Amboss 1050 Flatware, 32 Pieces / 6 Persons, Austria, 1950s
By Helmut Alder, Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Janos Megyik, Amboss Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
Most importantly, this flatware set is unused and therefore in as-new condition, exactly as it left the store. It remains complete, original, and beautifully presented in its origina...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Rustic Tableware
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
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Early Curved Art Deco Jewelry Box by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, Vienna
A beautiful example of the influence the rich Art Deco repertoire found in Vienna had on the early designs of the workshop. It's expressive form already point towards the famous Mid...
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Rare Curved White Metal Jewelry Box by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, Vienna
The presented jewelry box can be clearly attributed to the Auböck workshop designs of the 1940s since white metal (tin or zinc) has only been used within this period. The anodized...
Category
Vintage 1940s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass, Zinc
Rare Mid-Century Jewelry Box by Carl Auböck, Late 1930s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, Vienna
The presented box is a stunning example of the craftsmanship at the famous Mid-Century Auböck workshop in Vienna. The skillful and highly decorative use of Canadian poplar wood, m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Rare Cylindrical Nickel Plated Cigarette Dispenser by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, Vienna
This cylindrical box is a rare example of the early works by the workshop from the 1930s. The structural design of the box (screw mounted sides), the experimental use of the bended w...
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Nickel
Merchandise Nickel Plated Roll-Top Cigarette Dispenser by Carl Auböck
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H 1.38 in W 3.55 in D 4.73 in
Merchandise Nickel Plated Roll-Top Cigarette Dispenser by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, Vienna
The presented rolltop dispenser was a merchandise gift designed and produced by Carl Auböck for Audi (Autounion) in the 1950s. Made from the typical nickel plated brass and lacque...
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Early Curved Art Deco Cigar Dispenser by Carl Auböck Made of Cherrywood
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H 1.89 in W 6.3 in D 4.53 in
Early Curved Art Deco Cigar Dispenser by Carl Auböck Made of Cherrywood
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, Vienna
A beautiful example of the influence the rich Art Deco repertoire found in Vienna had on the early designs of the workshop. It's expressive form is further enhanced by the lid which...
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Cylindrical Brass Pot Cigarette Box and Ashtray, Austria, 1950s
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H 3.63 in Dm 6.11 in
Carl Auböck Cylindrical Brass Pot Cigarette Box and Ashtray, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Carl Auböck cylindrical brass pot cigarette box and ashtray, Austria, 1950s.
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Horn Box
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A rare example in beautiful original condition.
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Horn
Carl Auböck Fish Money Box
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Sculptural moneybox in Walnut with horsehair finns and a black painted base. Great piece with elegance and a sense of humour . Beautifully made.
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Carl Aubock Roll Top Cigarette Box
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Chicago, IL
Carl Aubock wooden cigarette box with nickel plated brass accents and tambour type roll down lid.
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Boxes
Materials
Chrome
Carl Auböck Cigar Dispenser
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Mexico City, MX
Rare cherrywood box, with details in nickeled brass. Carl Auböck II (1900-1957) is one of the most extraordinary personalities of Austrian modernism.
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Brass
Small Magnifying Glass Topped Container by Carl Aubock
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Elegant little brass container with a magnifying glass in the lid.
Category
20th Century Austrian Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Magnifying Pill Box by Carl Aubock
Located in London, GB
Fantastic little brass pill box with a magnifying glass in the lid by Carl Aubock.
Category
20th Century Austrian Boxes
Materials
Brass
Custom copper box by Carl Aubock
Located in Dallas, TX
A custom copper box by Carl Aubock purchased in Vienna, Austria in 1953.
Category
Vintage 1950s Boxes
Fish Moneybox by Carl Aubock
Located in London, GB
Walnut , horsehair and brass moneybox from the master of objects Carl Aubock. In immaculate condition and with the original key and lock.
Category
20th Century Austrian Boxes
Materials
Brass
Carl Aubock Inspired Polished Clever Brass Pop Art Covered Lock Box or Object
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H 5.75 in W 4 in D 1.75 in
Carl Aubock Inspired Polished Clever Brass Pop Art Covered Lock Box or Object
Located in North Miami, FL
It has been greatly inspired by Carl Armquist; designer for Carl Aubock. This was done in the 1940s.
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Brass Box with Magnifying Lid by Carl Aubock
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Brass box with a magnifying glass lid , properly originally made as a gift for a special occasion.
Category
20th Century Austrian Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Pen & Original Box by Carl Aubock
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
With Original wooden box saying "la plume de ma tante" (the pen of my aunt). Lovely heavy and masculine piece
Category
20th Century Austrian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Cane Cigarette Box #3656 by Carl Auböck II, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Designed by Carl Auböck II during the 1950s, cane, wood, and brass elements combine to create this beautifully tactile, functional and elegant cigarette box.
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Brass and Glass Canister
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
A vintage canister by Carl Auböck Vienna, Austria, circa 1950. Base and lid are made of glass and both have bevelled edges; the canister itself is made of formed brass. In excellen...
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Brass Nut Cracker In its Original Carl Auböck Werkstäette Box
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Solid nutcracker with the original leather handle and box, all by Carl Aubock
Category
20th Century Austrian Modern Barware
Carl Aubock Modernist Horn Chess Game With Leatherboard and Box
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Very exceptional and beautiful chess game/chess men in original woodbox, plus black & white leather chessboard, designed by Austrian Modernist Carl Aubock. Discontinued vintage chess...
Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Games
1930s Carl Aubock Vienna Large Modernist Cigarette Storage Box with Roll Top
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H 2 in W 7 in D 4.5 in
1930s Carl Aubock Vienna Large Modernist Cigarette Storage Box with Roll Top
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A rare and early storage box, made of wood and nickel-plated brass, designed and executed in the 1930s by Carl Aubock.
Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Carl Aubock Modernist Cast-Iron Chess Game with Leather Board and Box
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Designed and executed by Carl Aubock. Made of cast-iron, very solid. These chess men, the box and the board are vintage and new old stock, unused.
Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Iron
"Scribble Your Way Forward, " Solid Brass Pen by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Solid brass pen and original box by Carl Auböck. The pen works and is in perfect condition.
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Modern Desk Accessories
Bronze Ashtray with Cigarette Box
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pulling double duty, this bronze box contains a removable black metal ashtray and a cigarette box lined with douglas fir. It has line detailing on the top at opposite ends. Cigarette...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Art Deco Box Carl Auböck, 1930s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco Box made of wood, inside copper. By Carl Auböck, 1930s.
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Copper
Carl Auböck Coasters
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Set of six Horn coasters with brown leather cylindric case made in the Auböck's workshop in the first decade if the second half of the 20th century.
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Horn, Leather
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Carl Aubock Box For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal carl aubock box for your home. Frequently made of metal, brass and wood, every carl aubock box was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a carl aubock box, we have 60 options in-stock, while there are 1 modern editions to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the carl aubock box you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. A carl aubock box, designed in the Mid-Century Modern, Modern or Art Deco style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made carl aubock box has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Carl Auböck, Werkstätte Carl Auböck and Illums Bolighus are consistently popular.
How Much is a Carl Aubock Box?
A carl aubock box can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,592, while the lowest priced sells for $200 and the highest can go for as much as $8,600.
Werkstätte Carl Auböck for sale on 1stDibs
In Vienna’s Neubau district, a beautiful Biedermeier townhouse has been home to the Werkstätte Carl Auböck for more than 100 years. Inside the workshop, where production continues to this day, countless objects line the shelves, walls, tabletops and desktops.
The Viennese artist and designer Carl Auböck II was one of the quirkiest and most delightful and collectible of modern designers. A rather odd duck in the world of decorative arts, he was a peculiar talent whose specialties included smaller desk accessories and tabletop pieces such as corkscrews, paperweights, letter openers, bookends and bottle stoppers. He rendered these pieces in a combination of metal — most often brass — and such elemental materials as leather, knobby wood and animal horn, creating forms that could be almost Surrealist, from hands and feet to keys, birds and amoebae.
As a boy, Auböck was precocious and artistic. He studied drawing and at the same time trained in the workshop of his father, Karl Heinrich Auböck, a popular maker of traditional bronze figurines and collectibles. In 1919, Carl II went to Germany to study at the Bauhaus, where he was a pupil of the progressive artist and theorist Johannes Itten. While the Bauhaus is most associated with the rigidly ordered, functionalist architecture of its directors Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the school was in reality a liberal, spirited place — a crucible for imaginative, playful and avant-garde art and design. It was this spirit that imbued Carl II’s work from the time he left in 1921.
In 1922 or ’23, Carl Auböck II returned to Vienna to help care for his ailing father, and he took over the business. He created the Werkstätte Carl Auböck and a legacy that earned his objects cult status among collectors. The business was passed on to his descendants, who run the atelier that is still in operation today. Today, objects designed by Carl II make up 90 percent of Werkstätte Carl Auböck’s production, joined by the creations of architect and designer Carl IV, his grandson.
Vintage Auböck designs have a special character, a patina that only emphasizes how much the pieces have been loved and used. Carl Aubock II’s small furniture items — leather- or caned-sling magazine racks; free-edge wooden side tables with tubular bronze legs; wicker serving trolleys with turned beechwood wheels — are elegant and purposeful. His bijoux desktop objects, library tools, ashtrays and barware pieces evince a kind of mirthful practicality. They seem to ask: “If you need a corkscrew, or a paperweight, or a candlestick, why not make it fun as well as functional?” And indeed, why not?
Find a collection of vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck mirrors, seating, tables, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
Finding the Right Decorative Objects for You
Every time you move into a house or an apartment — or endeavor to refresh the home you’ve lived in for years — life for that space begins anew. The right home accent, be it the simple placement of a decorative bowl on a shelf or a ceramic vase for fresh flowers, can transform an area from drab to spectacular. But with so many materials and items to choose from, it’s easy to get lost in the process. The key to styling with antique and vintage decorative objects is to work toward making a happy home that best reflects your personal style.
Ceramics are a versatile addition to any home. If you’ve amassed an assortment of functional pottery over the years, think of your mugs and salad bowls as decorative objects, ideal for displaying in a glass cabinet. Vintage ceramic serveware can pop along white open shelving in your dining area, while large stoneware pitchers paired with woven baskets or quilts in an open cupboard can introduce a rustic farmhouse-style element to your den.
Translucent decorative boxes or bowls made of an acrylic plastic called Lucite — a game changer in furniture that’s easy to clean and lasts long — are modern accents that are neutral enough to dress up a coffee table or desktop without cluttering it. If you’re showcasing pieces from the past, a vintage jewelry box for displaying your treasures can spark conversation: Where is the jewelry box from? Is there a story behind it?
Abstract sculptures or an antique vessel for your home library can draw attention to your book collection and add narrative charm to the most appropriate of corners. There’s more than one way to style your bookcases, and decorative objects add a provocative dynamic. “I love magnifying glasses,” says Alex Assouline, global vice president of luxury publisher Assouline, of adding one’s cherished objects to a home library. “They are both useful and decorative. Objects really elevate libraries and can also make them more personal.”
To help with personalizing your space and truly making it your own, find an extraordinary collection of decorative objects on 1stDibs.
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